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Chennai Airport to have an SHG outlet soon
Under AVSAR  scheme devised by Government of India  to uplift the skilled artisans, AAI Chennai Airport will soon have a Self-help Group’s  outlet established by which they can sell and promote the self-made products of their region.
Self-help Groups  are India’s most powerful channels for empowering small and rural communities to move from subsistence to sustainability. SHG’s has developed as a catalyst for altering the social construct of gender in villages. Small groups of women and men irrespective of the rural- urban divide are now able to create independent sources of income with formation of SHG’s.
But, just like most other disasters in the world, the Covid pandemic too has had a serious impact on these groups. Their functionality was reduced, and the reach to their customers were cut short due to low demand which affected the revenue streams and stability. Also, it is disturbing fact that majority of them are yet to recover suitably from the effects of the pandemic. Since SHG’s are diverse and unique with their products, it is significant that, they should be preserved and nurtured for the future. The need of hour is adequate avenues to encourage them and to drive them back to the mainstream in all sectors.
Over the years, Government of India  has devised multipronged strategies to strengthen the SHG’s which is already reflecting on the economic well-being and inclusive growth of the population. One such new initiative by GoI to strengthen SHG’s is the proposal to allot space to SHG’s at AAI Airports for selling their self-produced products. AAI Chennai Airport will soon see an outlet run by SHG’s, recommended by State Nodal Agency . This provides a great opportunity for SHG’s to showcase their native products at a prime space. The SHG’s  will be allotted a designated space  in Security hold area  of Chennai Airport Domestic Terminal for 15 days, turn by turn. The visibility will be huge for SHG’s and this avenue will prepare them to promote/market their products to the wider spectrum, effectively handing them the prospect of reaching out to the larger population
How to apply
Application from self-help groups will be received on AAI portal  for allotment at airport in that particular state where the SHG’s are located. The interested SHG’s need to apply through AAI portal - https://www.aai.aero/en/node/add/shg-user-detail. The received applications will be forwarded to the SNA for recommending the SHG’s to be given the opportunity for allotment of outlet at airport. The outlet having all basic amenities will be set up by AAI Chennai airport with uniform color coding applicable to all airports.
With access to the right space and resource the SHG’s require, it is expected that this forthcoming initiative at AAI Chennai Airport will be making a positive impact among the smaller communities. And more importantly, aviation and airports being the change agent is the most effective way of give it back to the community/society, according to the press release issued by Corporate Communications Department, AAI Chennai Airport.
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MDMA tablets worth Rs.4.75 lakhs seized by Chennai Air Customs at Foreign Post Office.
Based on information, Chennai Air Customs detained one unregistered postal parcels suspected to contain some narcotics substance, which arrived from Netherland at Foreign Post Office, Chennai.
The parcel was addressed to a Kanyakumari based person. On cut opening, one transparent polythene packet containing pink colour tablets suspected to be MDMA was found inside. Total 95 MDMA tablets valued at Rs. 4.75 lakhs were recovered and seized under NDPS Act, 1985.
Total 95 MDMA tablets valued at Rs. 4.75 lakhs were recovered and seized under NDPS Act, 1985.
Further investigation is in progress, according to a press release issued by the Commissioner of Customs, Chennai International Airport.
Ministry of Culture
Ministry of Culture’s Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti sends PPE kits and other material to Jharkhand Administration to support in fight against COVID -19
Secretary Rural Development,Shri N N Sinha flags off consignment of kits
In its fight against COVID -19, Gandhi Smriti and DarshanSamiti New Delhi and Lupin Human Welfare Association, Rajasthan on May 29, 2020 sent 200 PPE Kits, 50 Thermometer, 10,000 PCS NITRILE GLOVES, 11000 masks and 500 FACE Shields to tribal district Khunti, Jharkhand free of cost for use by the District Administration.
This consignment was flagged off by Shri N N Sinha, IAS, Secretary Rural Development Government of India today at KrishiBhawan. Shri Dipanker Gyan, Director GSDS and Shri Sita Ram Gupta, CEO Lupin Human Welfare Organisation were also present at the flagging off ceremony.
The GSDS and Lupin together have been regularly supplying masks and above noted materials free of cost to different organisations, government departments and to poor and needy people free of cost since the breakdown of the pandemic COVID-19.
GSDS’ Srijan centre in Delhi, and other Srijan Training-Cum-Production Centres which have been established in several parts of the country as part of the 150thbirth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi had been producing safety masks free of cost distribution. Regular supplies of these masks are being made to different departments.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Comprehensive Sexuality Education
Government of India is implementing the Adolescence Education Programme  through State AIDS Control Societies in coordination with SCERT using a 16 hours curriculum based module developed by NCERT; for adolescents in both inside and outside formal schools.
The programme aims to empower adolescent learners to acquire knowledge of their needs and concerns related to the period of adolescence and develop life skills that enable them to practice informed and responsible behaviours. Adolescents are equipped with accurate information, knowledge and skills in the specific contexts of the process of growing up and prevention of HIV/AIDS.
Besides this, there is comprehensive integration of the adolescent health needs and concerns into the school education and teacher education system. The target groups of AEP are all learners studying at the secondary and senior secondary level in government, local body and government-aided schools and learners of open schooling systems. Orientation and sensitization is also provided to identified out-of-school adolescents and youth for awareness regarding life skills education.
Under School based approach of Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram , there is emphasis on preventive and promotive activities among school going adolescents. A dedicated 24 hour curriculum has been developed which will be rolled out in the country in a phased manner. Two school teachers will be identified and trained as Health & Wellness Ambassadors in every school. They will act as a resource for transacting weekly activity-based health promotion message in the schools.
The Minister of State , Sh Ashwini Kumar Choubey stated this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha here today.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Office of Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks  initiates open house dialogue for IP Fraternity under the directions of the Commerce Minister
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles, Shri Piyush Goyal while addressing in the Valedictory Session of National Intellectual Property Conference 2022 on 'Strengthening IP Ecosystem for catalysing the growth of Knowledge Economy' on 15 Oct 2022 at New Delhi expressed his desire to have open house dialogue with the IP Fraternity by the office of Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks  and address their concerns, grievances and facilitate the discussion on the changes required into the IP Ecosystem.
The implementation of the same started from the Day One. On 16 Oct 2022, the Office of CGPDTM has organized a brainstorming on how to bring the India among top GII Country? wherein over 120 participants from the IP Practitioners, IP Creators-Inventors and Industry have joined the meeting held at Dr. Ambedkar International Centre, New Delhi.
Additionally, Hon’ble CIM has also directed Prof Unnat Pandit, CGPDTM to plan the Open House IP Dialogue via virtual meeting. The Open House IP Dialogue started from 17 Oct 2022 and will be conducted during all working days at 10.30 am to 11.30 am . The public notice for the same placed on the website of the IP Office and in the first open house IP dialogue, over 104 participants have joined today from various parts of the country. The IP matters wherein the practitioners are having concerns and their suggestions on process changes were discussed over the IP Dialogue.
The vision of Hon’ble CIM to cultivate sensitivity in the work by strengthening the IP-Innovation ecosystem is into action.AD/KP/MS
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DIPAM to organise Conference on “Creating wealth through markets”
Department of Investment & Public Asset Management  under Union Ministry of Finance is organising a conference on the theme “Creating Wealth through Market” in 75 cities across the country tomorrow . Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman will join the conference from Bengaluru at 4 PM. Union Minister of State for Finance Dr Bhagwat Kisanrao Karad will also participate in the conference.
In Kerala, the event will be held at Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi. The programme is being organized as part of the 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav' Iconic Week celebrations of the Union Ministry of Finance.
This initiative aims to educate, encourage and empower people about investments, creating wealth and steps taken by the Union Government for ensuring financial growth of the citizens. The inaugural address will be followed by a session at the local venue in 75 cities with eminent speakers comprising of financial experts, professionals etc. The event will feature discussions on broad topics such as growth of Indian capital markets in the past 75 years, women as rising Independent investors, role of government and other market players in improving market confidence, financial literacy, future of Indian capital markets etc.
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OLT  commissioned in ECR Road
BSNL is progressively expanding its Fiber to Home technology  service for providing high speed internet on optical fibre. This service is being provided in all areas irrespective of availability of copper cable. This will be highly suitable for gated communities, high rise residential and office buildings. The present plan is to team up with third party vendors and commission a minimum of 100 OLTs every month to target the city as well as far flung peripheral areas.
In line with the expansion plan of FTTH service, today an OLT  has been commissioned at Altis Oceanique Apartments in ECR Road to extend FTTH technology for high speed internet for the customers of ECR by Shri. V.K.Sanjeevi, ITS, CGM, BSNL Chennai Telephones. Shri .R. Ganapathi, Chairman, TRIGYN Technologies Ltd. and President, South India Chamber of Commerce, Shri. P. Unnikrishnan, popular playback singer, Shri. Kalyan Sagar Nippani, IP&T , Sr. GM - Finance & Finance Advisor, Shri.S. Pugazhendhi, GM , Shri. P. Baskar, DGM , Shri.S. Subramanian, DGM  were present during the commissioning.
Shri. V.K.Sanjeevi, ITS, CGM, BSNL Chennai Telephones announced that aggressive efforts are being carried out by Chennai telephones to ensure availability of fibre connectivity to all areas which were hitherto uncovered. Also, in places where fibre laying is not feasible, Bharat Air Fibre is being promoted as an alternative, using RF technology, especially in rural areas.
Many new FTTH plans have been launched recently on the occasion of BSNL day which provides various tariffs for the customers at affordable rates. Since the demand for high speed internet has risen in view of the Work from Home scenario due to the Pandemic, upward revision of all existing FTTH plans in terms of speed and free data download limit has been announced. All are requested to utilize this opportunity and avail the new plans with attractive features.
BSNL is making all out efforts to give the best service to our esteemed customers. Payment modes have been simplified and customers can use digital platform in many ways and pay bills with ease. Open house sessions are being conducted regularly to sort out all customer grievances. Circle level Open House Session is planned to be held on 28-10-2020 to hear customers’ long pending grievances.
This is stated in a press release issued by the BSNL, Chennai.
seen in the picture are Shri V.K.Sanjeevi CGM , BSNL, Chennai Telephones and to his right is Mr Unnikrishnan singer and to his left is Mr R, Ganapathy, president SICCI
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Update on COVID-19 Vaccination Programme
Reflecting worldwide acceptance of India’s Vaccines and our Vaccination process, 96 countries have agreed to Mutual Acceptance of Vaccination Certificates: Dr Mansukh Mandaviya
The Union Government’s commitment to accelerate the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country has resulted in crossing the 100 Cr milestone in administration of doses on 21st October, 2021. The Union Government continues to be in communication with the rest of the world so that beneficiaries of the world’s largest COVID vaccination program are accepted and recognized, thereby easing travel for education, business and tourism purposes. This was stated by Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, here today.
At present, 96 countries have agreed to mutual recognition of vaccination certificates and also those who recognise Indian vaccination certificates of travellers fully vaccinated with COVISHIELD/WHO approved/nationally approved vaccines. Consecutively, persons travelling from these countries are provided certain relaxations as enunciated in Union Health Ministry’s Guidelines on International Arrivals issued on 20th October 2021 . For those who wish to travel abroad, the international travel vaccination certificate can also be downloaded from the CoWIN portal.
These countries are: Canada, The United States of America, Bangladesh, Mali, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Angola, Nigeria, Benin, Chad, Hungary, Serbia, Poland, The S1ovak Republic, Slovenia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece, Finland, Estonia, Romania, Moldova, Albania, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Sweden, Austria, Montenegro, Iceland, Eswatini, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Malawi, Botswana, Namibia, Kyrgyz Republic, Belarus, Armenia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Georgia, The United Kingdom, France, Germany, Belgium, Ireland, Netherlands, Spain, Andorra, Kuwait, Oman, UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Maldives, Comoros, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Peru, Jamaica, The Bahamas, Brazil, Guyana, Antigua & Barbuda, Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Columbia, Trinidad & Tobago, Commonwealth of Dominica, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Nepal, Iran, Lebanon, State of Palestine, Syria, South Sudan, Tunisia, Sudan, Egypt, Australia, Mongolia, Philippines.
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare along with the Ministry of External Affairs is in continuous communication with all countries for mutual recognition of vaccine certificates, and WHO and nationally approved vaccines to facilitate hassle-free international travel across countries.
Ministry of Home Affairs
Cabinet grants Ex-post facto approval to amend the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulations
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi gave its ex-post facto approval to the Adaptation of Laws  Order, 2019 issued by the President of India under clause  of article 372 of the Constitution to amend the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulations , 1873.
The notification will extend BEFR to the State of Manipur to give its indigenous people protection from the provisions of Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 and make necessary changes in the said Regulation.
Election Commission
18721 Ballot Units, 18706 Control Units and 18940 VVPATs for WB in 4th Phase of Poll
More than 1.3 crore Electors across 8 Parliamentary Constituencies of West Bengal to cast Vote in 4th Phase of General Election, 2019 Tomorrow
Kolkata, April 28, 2019
Seventy one Parliamentary constituencies of the country across nine States including eight from West Bengal will go for poll in the fourth phase of General Election to Lok Sabha, 2019. This phase of poll is scheduled tomorrow . Total 68 candidates from West Bengal representing 11 parties including Independents and other registered parties with nine female candidates will be in the fray in this phase of poll, said Shri Sanjoy Basu, the Additional Chief Electoral Officer today. The constituencies include Baharampur, Krishnanagar, Ranaghat , Bardhaman Purba , Bardhaman-Durgapur, Asansol, Bolepur  and Birbhum. The polling will start at 7 am and continue till 6 pm.
A total of 1 crore 34 lakh 56 thousand 491 electors across the above-mentioned eight Parliamentary Constituencies in West Bengal will cast their votes in the fourth phase of Lok Sabha Election 2019 tomorrow. The electors’ list for the fourth phase in West Bengal consists of 69 lakh 6 thousand 199 males, 65 lakh 50 thousand 4 females and 288 voters from third gender. The total number of service voters across these eight PCs is 8723. Ranaghat  PC will be having the highest number of voters including 9 lakh 4 thousand and 849 males, 8 lakh 51 thousand and 548 females and 48 belonging to third gender. This apart, a total of 18721 Ballot Units, 18706 Control Units and 18940 VVPATs will be used by officials for conducting polls in this State in this phase of poll. Polling will be held in 15 thousand 277 polling stations across these eight Parliamentary Constituencies of the State.
To combat with the terrible heat condition, the Election Commission has taken measures to build sheds, besides, providing medical kits to the polling personnel. If any elector gets ill, he or she will also be provided with the same medical kit which will be available from the Sector Magistrates. With this, there will be hospital and ambulance mapping measures and measures for mapping for person with disabilities also so as to provide suitable transportation system, wheel chairs, Braille voter-slips and the like. For keeping surveillance over the law and order situation adequate armed police forces will also be deployed according to the instructions of Election Commission, added Shri Basu.
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Ministry of Finance
Income Tax Department carries out more search actions in the J&K Region
Income Tax Department carried out search actions at 5 premises located in and around Srinagar on 28th March, 2019. Two groups, which connived with local officials in facilitation of absorption of undisclosed income of undesirable elements in shops, buildings and land in Srinagar were searched.
It has been found in the search that 76 shops built by Srinagar Development Authority for resettlement of vegetable and fruit vendors were sold off to influential and cash rich disrupters at a huge premium. One of the persons searched by the Department is a self-proclaimed chairman of the Vegetable Vendors Union, Batamaloo. The magnitude and proportion of black money used in these transactions is startling. It has been found that four shops on the first floor of the market have been apparently sold by the self-styled chairman for Rs 1.09 crore to an individual, who paid Rs 9 lakh in cheque and the balance Rs 1 crore in unaccounted cash. He has constructed a three-storeyed budget hotel-cum-shopping complex at the New Fruit Complex, Parimpora, from black money earned by him in transactions of these shops and other real estate.
The second search operation revealed that nearly 86 Kanals of land under unauthorised occupation was sold to locally powerful persons at a high premium. The transactions have been undertaken either completely or largely in undisclosed cash. A number of original ‘ikrarnamas’ have been found and seized, that show possession of land being passed on in exchange of unaccounted receipt of cash. The said tax evader set up a scrap and plastic crushing unit out of the cash generated in this manner. The investment in this unit as well as income earned from it has been totally kept out of the tax net.
In the aggregate, the search actions of 28th March, 2019 have unearthed unaccounted financial transactions of more than Rs 11 crore and undeclared investment in immoveable property of more than Rs 19 crore in and around Srinagar.
None of the persons covered in the search actions has filed an income tax return. Criminal prosecution for wilful attempt to evade tax as well as deliberate non-filing of tax returns would be filed against the tax evaders.
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
No plan to increase the rate of DAP and NPK fertilizers: IFFCO
Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited  has reiterated that it has no plan to increase the Maximum Retail Price of DAP and NPK fertilizers.
IFFCO Managing director shri U.S Awasthi has said in a tweet that though there is a huge spike in the cost of raw materials like phos acid and others in the international market, still we are not going to increase the price of fertilizers.
He said that there is no plan to increase the MRP of DAP and NPK fertilizers during rabi season as “our aim is to serve the farmer Community by reducing input agri cost for them which is in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s clarion call of Atma Nirbhar Bharat. It also aims to double the farmers' income by 2022".
IFFCO is a leading cooperative society engaged in the business of manufacturing and marketing of fertilizers.It has 5 manufacturing plants in India.